Thirty-plus years of technology, in one field consultant.
A vendor never knows exactly what its customer's facility will present when the consultant walks in. The value of this practice is breadth: more than 30 years across infrastructure, systems, software, cybersecurity, AI, and manufacturing technology, carried by one person who has spent a career figuring out what is actually going on and fixing it.
The range field implementation work demands.
Breadth that complicates the marketing of a general consultancy is precisely what field implementation requires. When the deployment hits legacy equipment, an undocumented database, a network problem, or a process nobody wrote down, the consultant either handles it or the project stalls.
IT Infrastructure & Networking
Decades of hands-on work with servers, networks, storage, and the infrastructure layer every business system depends on. Comfortable in the rack, in the wiring closet, and in the network diagram that does not match either.
Linux & Systems Administration
Long-running Linux and systems administration practice: deployment, hardening, scripting, troubleshooting, and keeping production systems alive, on-premises and hosted.
Software Development & Python
Working software development capability, primarily Python, applied to integrations, data migration, automation, and the custom glue code real deployments need. Has designed and built complete database-backed business applications.
Cybersecurity Since 2002
A cybersecurity specialization spanning more than two decades, from network security through industrial and OT cybersecurity to the assessment and compliance practice documented across this site.
AI Implementation
Practical AI deployment: local and private AI environments, document intelligence, AI-assisted business workflows, and AI-enabled inspection, backed by a published AI governance research library.
Manufacturing Technology
Years of onsite work in manufacturing plants, on the systems that run production and prove it: ERP, MES, quality systems, plant data, and the IT and OT boundary where they meet.
Aerospace Quality & AI
Direct work in aerospace manufacturing environments, including AI applications in quality and inspection, where records carry contractual weight and precision is not negotiable.
Accounting & ERP Systems
Implementation experience with accounting and ERP systems, including designing and building a complete custom accounting system, giving financial workflows and finance data structures the fluency implementation work requires.
Regulated Environments
Sustained advisory work in regulated settings: defense contractors under CMMC and NIST SP 800-171, maritime operators under Coast Guard cybersecurity requirements, and organizations governing AI under emerging law.
The written record behind the resume.
The practice is documented in public: two published books, an extensive white paper library, and a body of research content that demonstrates how the consultant thinks before a client ever places a call.
Professional certifications
CyberAB Registered Practitioner Advanced. ISO/IEC 27001 certified as an auditor and in implementation. Cisco CCCA. Professional member of ISACA.
Two published books
The CMMC Decision, Second Edition, written for defense contractor executives, and Cybersecurity in the Marine Transportation System, covering cybersecurity in maritime operations.
A published research library
Practitioner white papers and reference content across Defense Industrial Base cybersecurity, maritime cybersecurity, and governance, risk, and compliance for artificial intelligence, all cited and freely available on this site.
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Inquiries may involve a partner program, an implementation assignment, or a question about whether the background fits a specific deployment. I respond personally to every inquiry, usually within one business day.